Car-fender.



.1 m. 709,99t. Patented sept. 3o, |902. J. H. LUTTEB.

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Witnesses Invento UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. Y

JOHN H. 'LUTTER, OF COVINGTON, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TO THE FRED. J. MEYERS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF HAMILTON, OHIO.

CAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 709,991, dated September 30, 1902.

` Application-md Jute 23,1902. serai No. 112.783. mo model.)

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JOHN H. LUTTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Covington, Kenton county, Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car- Fenders, of which the following is a specification.

-This invention pertains to improvementsin that general class of oar-fenders in which a pivoted scoop is supported in an elevated po,

sition under the car-floorv forward of the front wheels and in which the scoop is tripped and lowered for action by impact or pressure upon a buffer-surface supported at the front of the car and having/tripping connection with the scoop. i

My invention will be readily understood from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying d-rawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of a portion of the ioor of a car provided with my improved fender system, and Fig. 2 a perspective view of the motion-work of the system.

In the drawings, 1 indicates the floor of the car; 2, the Stringer-work; 3, the front axle; 4, the front wheels; 5, the front platform; 6, the dash; v7, the buffer supported by the dash; 8, a pair of hangers secured to the floor-framing just forward of the front wheels; 9,a rockshaft journaled in these hangers; `10, the scoop, having its heel portion fast to the rockshaft 9, all the parts thus far referred to be-r ing of ordinary well-known construction and arrangement; 11, a pair of hangers secured under the front platform; 12, a tripping rockshaft journaled in these hangers; 13, downwardly-projecting arms fast on this tripping rock-shaft; 14, links extending forward from the lower extremities of these arms to articulate connection with Ythe base of the buffer 7; 15, the usual articulate connection between the upper portion of the bufferand the dash; 16, an arm fast on tripping rock-shaft 12 and projecting forwardly; 17, a spring connected with the car-framing and arm 16 and serving to maintain the arm and the buffer in normal position, this spring being, however,

not essential to the system, as hereinafter ex` plained; 18, a hanger secured below the carloor between hangers 3 and hangers 1l in the longitudinal plane of arm 16; 19, a lever pivoted to this hanger and presenting its forward end over arm 16 and presenting its rear end over scoop-shaft 9; 20, a exible connection, illustrated as a chain, connecting the forward end of lever 19 with arm 16; 21, a stirrup secured below the car-floor and supporting the rear portion of lever 19 in such position that connection 2O at the front end of the lever will be substantially free from slack; 22, a spring acting downwardlyv upon the rear end of lever 19, this spring being, however, non-essential, as Yhereinafter eX- plained; 23, a vertically-extending triggeryarm fast on scoop-shafty 9, its upper extremity engaging forwardly against the rear end of lever 19; 24, a latch-lugprojecting from the lower surface of lever 19 near. its rear end; 25, a vertical foot-'pin connected with the forward portion of lever 19 and projecting up through the platformv within reach of the motormans foot, and 26 a rope attached to the upper extremity of trigger-arm 23 and leading thence over sheaves and up through the platform within reach of the motorman.

The buffer 7 may have any of the forms usual in devices'of. this character-dat, curved, slatted, or Vsolid-'and the scoop 10 may also have any of the usual constructions, solid or slatted. The lever 19 and its accessories may lie in a plane centrally between the side pairs of brackets 8 and 11 or at any desired point intermediate between them.

With the parts in the condition shown in Fig..1 the scoop 10 is elevated away from the level of the rail and out of action and is retained in such position by the engagement of arm 23 with the rear end of lever 19. If buffer 7 strikes a yperson on the track,the buffer will yield rearwardly, thus rocking shaft 12 and depressing arm 16 and the forward end of lever 19 and elevating'the rear end of lever 19, so that arm 23'becornes Afreed and permits the scoop to drop to active position upon the rails,so as to prevent the person if he gets under the car from getting under the front wheels. The pressure upon the buffer having been removed, it and lever 19 return to normal position, latch-lug 21 then taking position in the rear of scoop-arm 23 and preventing the rise of the scoop.

To restore the parts to position, the motorman depresses foot-pin 25, thus raising the rear end of lever 19 and getting latch-lug 24 out from behind arm 23, thus freeing the scoop from the latch, after which he pulls upon rope 2G to restore the scoop to elevated position, where it becomes again held when he releases the foot-piu. The motorman can at any time release the scoop and permit it to fall by simply depressing the foot-pin, the flexibility of connection 20 permitting lever 19 to make its releasing motion without interference or resistance from the fender 7. The rear end of lever 19 is heavier than the forward end, and consequently it tends to stay in normal position and through the medium of connection 20 support arm 16 and the fender in normal position. This gravity-work of lever 19 may find its substitute or supplement in spring 22, if employed, and spring 17,if employed, serves in lessening the normal pull of the fender upon the forward end of lever 19. Spring 17, if employed, may be adjusted to elastically support buffer 7 at the desired angle independent of the support given by the heavier rear end of lever 19,supplemented by spring 22,if the latter be employed, a certain amount of slack being permissible in connection 20.

The device is extremely simple and certain in its operation and may be tripped by the motorman with very little effort, owing to the fact that the buffer itself offers no resistance tothe tripping motion.

I claim as my inventionl. In a car-fender, the combination, substantially as set forth, with a car, a scoopshaft supported thereunder forward of the front wheels, a forwardlyprojecting scoop fast to the scoop-shaft, means for elevating the scoop, a buffer articulately supported at the front end of the car, a trip-shaft supported under the car to the rear of the buffer, and arms fast thereon and linked to the buffer, of a lever longitudinally disposed below the car and mounted on a pivot between and above said two shafts, a trigger-arm fast on the scoop-shaft and normally engaging the rear end of said lever, a forwardly-projecting trip-arm fast on said trip-shaft under the forward end of said lever, and a connection between said trip-arm and the forward end of said lever.

2. In a car-fender, the combination, substantially as set forth, with a car, a scoopshaft supported thereunder forward of the front wheels, a forwardly-projecting scoop fast to the scoop-shaft, means for elevating the scoop, a buffer articulately supported at the front end of the car, a trip-shaft supported under the car to the rear of the buffer, and arms fast thereon and linked to the buffer, of a lever longitudinally disposed below the car and mounted on a pivot between and above said two shafts, a trigger-arm fast on the scoopshaft and normally engaging the rear end of said lever, a forwardly-projecting trip-arm fast on said trip-shaft under the for' ward end of said lever, and a flexible connection between said trip-arm and the forward end of said lever.

3. In a car-fender, the combination, substantially as set forth, with a car, a scoopshaft supported thereunder forward of the front wheels, a forwardly-projecting scoop fast to the scoop-shafts, means for elevating the scoop, a buffer articulately supported at the front end of the car, a trip-shaft supported under the car to the rear of the buier, and arms fast thereon and linked to the buffer, of a lever longitudinally disposed below the car and mounted on a pivot between and' above said two shafts, a trigger-arm fast on the scoop-shaft and normally engaging the rear end of said lever, a forwardly-projecting trip-arm fast on said trip-shaft under the forward end of said lever, a connection between said trip-arm and the forward end of said lever, and a latch-lug projecting downwardly from the rear portion of said lever and adapted to engage to the rear of said trigger-arm when the scoop is in depressed active position.

4. In a car-fender, the combination, substantially as set forth, with a car, a scoopshaft supported thereunder forward of the front wheels, a forwardly-projecting scoop fast to the scoop-shaft, means for elevating the scoop, a buffer articulately supported at the front end of the car, a trip-shaft supported under the car to the rear of the buffer, and arms fast thereon and linked to the buffer, of a lever longitudinally disposed below the car and mounted on a pivot between and above said two shafts, a trigger-arm fast on the scoop-shaft and normally engaging the rear end of said lever, a forwardly-projecting trip-arm fast on said trip-shaft under the forward end of said lever, a connection between said trip-arm and the forward end of said lever, and a foot-pin connected with the for ward portion of said lever and projecting up wardly through the front platform of the car.

5. In a car-fender, the combination, substantially as set forth, with a car, a scoopshaft supported thereunder forward of the front wheels, a forwardly-projecting scoop fast to the scoop-shaft, means for elevating the scoop, a buffer articulately supported at the front end of the car, a trip-shaft supported under the car to the rear of the buffer, and arms fast thereon and linked to the buffer, of a lever longitudinally disposed below the car and mounted on a pivot between and above said two shafts, a trigger-arm fast on the scoop-shaftand normally engaging the rear end of said lever, a forwardly-projecting trip-arm fast on said trip-shaft under the forward end of said lever, a connection between said trip-arm and the forward end of said le- IOO IIO

ver, and a spring acting between the 'car and said trip-arm and serving to elastically resist the retreat of the buffer.

6. In a car-fender, the combination, substantially as set forth, with a car, a scoopshaft supported thereunder forward of the front wheels, a forwardly-projecting scoop fast to the scoop-shafts, means for elevating the scoop, a buffer articulately supported at the front end of the car, a trip-shaft supported under the car to the rear of the buffer, and arms fast thereon and linked to the buffer, of a lever longitudinally disposed below the car and mounted on a pivot between and above said two shafts, a trigger-arm fast on the scoop-shaft and normally engaging the rear end of said lever, a forwardly-projecting trip-arm fast on said trip-shaft under the forward end of said lever, a connection between said trip-arm and the forward end of said lel ver, and a spring acting between the ear and said lever and serving to urge the lever to normal position.

7. ln a car-fender, the combination, substantially as set forth, with a car, a scoopshaft supported thereunder forward of the front wheels, a forwardly-projecting scoop fast to the scoop-shaft, means for elevating the scoop, a buffer articulately supported at the front end of the car, a trip-shaft supported under the car to the rear of the buer, and arms fast thereon and linked to the buffer, of a lever longitudinally disposed below the car and mounted on a pivot between and above said two shafts and having its rear end heavier than its forward end, a trigger-arm fast on the scoop-shaft and normally engaging the rear end of said lever, a forwardlyprojecting trip-arm fast on said trip-shafts under the forward end of said lever, and a connection between said trip-arm and the forward end of said lever.

JOHN H. LU'TTER. Witnesses:

FRED. J. MEYERs, M. S. BELDEN. 

